Lexical Definition

‎צָחַק‎ tsâchaq (tsaw-khak') to laugh ^H:V
a primitive root

laugh, mock, play, make sport.

• to laugh outright (in merriment or scorn)
• by implication, to sport

1) to laugh, mock, play
1a) (Qal) to laugh
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to jest
1b2) to sport, play, make sport, toy with, make a toy of

See Greek: γελάω · ἐμπαίζω · παίζω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎צָחַק‎] verb laugh (Arabic , laugh, Syriac , compare Ba^{Es 34}; see also ‎שׂחק‎); —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎צָֽחֲקָה‎ Gen 18:13, etc.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִצֲחַקֿ‎ Gen 21:6, ‎וַיִּצְחָ֑ק‎ Gen 17:17 3 feminine singular ‎וַתִּצְחַק‎ Gen 18:12 — laugh, Gen 18:12; Gen 18:13; Gen 18:15 (twice in verse) (J), Gen 17:17 (P); with ‎ל‎ at, concerning, Gen 21:6. Pi`el Imperfect ‎וַיְצַחֵק‎ Judg 16:25 Infinitive construct ‎לְצַחֵק‎ Exod 32:6, ‎לְצַ֫חֶק בָּנוּ (בִּיׅ‎ Gen 39:14; Gen 39:17 Participle ‎מְצַחֵק‎ Gen 19:14; Gen 26:8, ‎מְצַחֶ֑ק‎ Gen 21:9 —

1. jest Gen 19:14 (J).

2. sport, play Gen 21:9 (E) Exod 32:6 (J); make sport for Judg 16:25 (‎לִפְנֵי‎; || ‎וִישַׂחֶקלָֿ֑נוּ‎); toy with (‎אֶת‎), of conjugal caresses Gen 26:8 (compare Doughty^{Arab. Des. i. 231}), make a toy of, with ‎ב‎, Gen 39:14; Gen 39:17 (all J).

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